New Mexico Is the First State to Ban Armed Federal Agents from Voting Locationshttps://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/03/15/new-mexico-is-the-first-state-to-ban-armed-federal-agents-from-voting-locations-n4950667The movement to put federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies at polling places is having the effect of flushing out into the open those from the left who want to protect shady election systems.
The one-party state of New Mexico, with Democrat majorities in the House and Senate and a Democrat governor, was the first to pass legislation and have it signed into law that bans military or armed federal agents from polling places and ballot drop box locations.
One of the lesser known woke governors in the country, and one of the more extreme ones, Michelle Lujan Grisham, signed into law SB 264, which establishes penalties for “those who deploy troops or armed federal agents to a polling place or drop box site.”
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SB 264 also bans someone from “attempting to impose a law, rule, or change to voter qualifications that goes against New Mexico law.” I’m no lawyer, but that sounds to me like the Democrats in power are actually trying to write law that counters the Supremacy Clause in the U.S. Constitution (Article VI), which frames federal law as the “supreme law of the land.” This means that when a state law conflicts with federal law, the federal law overrides the state statute. New Mexico is trying to reverse that in this case.
This'll have DU-grade Progs
-ing, but it won't hold up in court. I also wonder how many NM LEOs would actually try to enforce it against armed Federal agents who would be enforcing Federal law.
As the PJMedia writer asks, why would illegal aliens by at voting locations? Is this law an acknowledgement that illegals are illegally voting?
